But, sludge aside, ask yourself if Obama would ever be our potential president if he had McCain's resume... Would he have even been a senator if he'd had McCain's resume, education and personal history?
Think about it...
The following was posted on "Don't Get Me Started." It's an excellent illumination of how race, unfortunately, matters in our culture. Certainly the recent hate fests... um McCain/Palin rallies have been rife with it. These two yahoos are playing to the lowest common denominators of our US society and doing little to stop it. McCain's recent "attempts to quell" the racism and hate? Oh please... Where is his backbone? Those aren't strong statements he's making; they are just drops in a big old bucket of fear mongering.
How Racism Works (or Doesn't Work)
Received this from CT Gen and it makes some very simple, but very telling points...
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This is How Racism Works
What if John McCain were a former editor of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said 'I do' to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.
You are The Boss... which team would you hire?
With America facing historic debt, 2 wars, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc.
Educational Background:
Obama: Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations; Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Biden: University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. In Political Science; Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
McCain: United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899
Palin: Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester; North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study; University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism; Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester; University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism
Now, which team are you going to hire ?
PS: What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter...
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Makes you think, huh?
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